Clunkmeister

In all seriousness, the British mini series from last year shook me to my core. I'm not a big TV watcher these days, but on Martin's suggestion I watched it. With my wife. Bravery on an epic scale. It's hard to fathom how Chernobyl is now such a tourist attraction, but people want to see the place that almost ended life in Eorope as we know it. I can see plenty of applications for kits like those four in cool diorama settings. That deactivator crew looks all the world like the crews who cleaned up Me-163 fuel spills

You guys are sick puppies.

This will be a welcome addition for me. The PZL Wilga is, to me, one seriously cool airplane and one I've never been able to find in 1/32. The Z-37 is a very, very close second and like Hubert said, absolutely lethal to bugs, critters, birds, and pests. What didn't fall victim to it's spray usually got smashed on that big, blunt nose. I'm glad to see HPH finally getting in to the injection game. I've long been a huge fan, builder, and buyer of their kits, and I'm psyched that they're not only releasing the popular Western aircraft, but Eastern European work and utility aircraft as well. Maybe a PZL Wilga sometime down the road as well?

Exactly. But I like to think that around here we tend to be a little better educated and a little clearer of mind. It’s the bloody bovine common cold. We’ve vaccinated cattle for this for 50 years. With normal human hygiene and common sense no brainer safeguards, we should be all ok. I say this as a 50 something, ugly old pre diabetic male with slightly elevated BP. when the Good Lord punches my ticket, I’ll gladly go and y’all can have the Mother of all Stash Parties. Smitty, Tony, and Harv will get that one going. LOL

I honestly don't think this'll be a big deal in 60 days. The world has an annual Influenza outbreak that infects millions and kills 10s of thousands, and not to sound callous, but it happens every single year, and usually, the old and the infirm fare the worst. And in our groups, we're generally older and some of us have underlying health concerns as well. But overreacting does us no good, either. I hope and pray for everyone's safety and good health. I couldn't bear losing anyone here. The CDC has said that as the weather warms up, it usually mitigates the annual virus outbreaks, and I hope this acts in a historical manner, that's all I have to say. :-/ Maybe we cool it with any unessential travel for a month or two, that alone should help keep outbreaks somewhat localized. The WHO, CDC and others have a pretty good handle on it, and China managed to control the spread and even reduce it once they put mandatory travel restrictions in place. I say we just sit back, don't freak out, and let the highly paid professionals deal with this. It's their chosen field, after all. Peace and prosperity, y'all.

Smitty bought me some MRP for Christmas last year. I went back to Gunze Mr. Color. Nothing wrong whatsoever with MRP, but I just know Gunze a whole lot better. But being able to spray reliably at 8 psi interests me greatly, though.

Yep, count on mid to high 90s for sure, with a high likelyhood of triple digits. What makes it unbearable is the humidity off the Gulf of Mexico. When you have a South Wind, it can get extremely miserable extremely quickly.

South by Southwest is a HUGE deal, and it’s cancellation is unprecedented. Vendors and performers cancelled and the organizers had no choice. It’s not only a music festival, but also an ad how technology trade show as well, with all the latest software and gadgets showing up. Many. Newcomers with a great idea go there hoping to be noticed. It’s never been my scene, too wild and crazy for me, (I’m a pretty traditional old time Texas type, not one of the new breed), but it’s a massive boost to Austin’s economy. Just remember y’all, Texas in August is HOT. And often very humid. A Phoenix of Vegas heat is doable, but South Texas in the summer? Drink lots of water, wear a hat, and have changes of clothes because you’ll gush sweat like Old Faithful. I’m planning on being there, Maru is coming, and unless things go really pear shaped, one feels that this virus scare will be over by then.

Tony, that turned out great! After hearing the horror stories of the build, I think it turned out better than you ever could have hoped for. Congrats! And awesome! And I’d love to put it on the LSM Facebook page, if that’s ok!

Looking great, John! Let me know when you’re placing your next mass order, I’ll buy stock. I’ve bought 10 Junkers D.1s two different times, but they were giveaways to grow a brand, notto start my own Staffel! LOL Well done, sir! Well done!

Yep, but with this health scare, who knows when stuff gets going again. Wingnut production is shut down, as are most others, except maybe Tamiya and Eastern European guys. Might betime to get close to CMK and HPH

I hope everyone received their gifts safe and sound. All except Carl of course who won the Grand Prize, and chose a Wingnut Wings Dambuster Lanc. I have no earthly idea when that may be released, but when it is, he’ll get one.

It’s an awesome kit of an amazing aircraft and a great price.

Yeah, thread drift. I'll delete my off topic stuff. I'm the worst offender here by far. Bad on me

So we unpacked and decompressed, so let’s finish this thing. engine is OOB except I requisitioned a pair of mags from my stalled Birdcage build. I used Barracuda resin on that one. then I’m going to do a basic wiring job, not perfect, just enough to make it look sorta scale. The ignition ring is all wrong anyway... Yeah I know it needs oil transfer tubes and a bunch more, but this is mostly OOB and fun. And I’ll paint the governor black and the mags grey

Dale, those look amazing. That Ki-84 is absolutely amazing. Same with the Ki-61. That weathering is absolutely subtle and stunning!

Very, very nice job! It actually looks better than many of my efforts,.. and I've been back in the hobby 9 years now after a 20 year hiatus. And welcome to LSM!! You did it in style!!

A known truth

Great catch, Wolf. Such a small, almost inconsequential detail which I never knew about, and I’ve walked around plenty of P-51s in my day.

Yeah that’s another one of those forgotten Polish workhorses of the late 30s into the early war. The first Allied aircraft to actually bomb inside Germany proper.

Yep. Ive waited for this for a long, long time. The P.11C is easily one of my all time favorites. There’s not a lot of Polish aircraft I don’t like, actually. This one definitely punched far, far above its weight.

I notified Hannants to let me know when they have them in stock, so we’ll see.

Dang! I went to order from Plastmodel.pl and they don’t ship to the USA. United States is not an available Country.

Along with the non folding rotor blades, the one other thing that really bothers me about this kit is the treatment of the engine air intake. I know they were trying for a blanket FOD cover, but to me, Fly missed badly and it looks exactly what it is: a big ugly blob.

I have this in my stash and it’s one of the very few non Russian helicopters I’d like to build. But I have exactly ZERO information and reference material on these, plus, the kit is gorgeous but extremely “short run”. No locator holes, vague information on where things go, etc. so your build may just open a door for me.. Oliver, I beg, beg, BEG you my friend; show lots of pictures so those of unwashed masses can learn from the enlightened few.